Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1915 — Comrade Crockett Confined At Home as Result of Fall. [ARTICLE]

Comrade Crockett Confined At Home as Result of Fall.

Comrade Thos. A. Crockett had a fall last Saturday night that resultted in a sprained knee and a sprained ankle. Dr. English is attending him. The injuries are not serious although quite painful, and he will be unable to get out for some little time. Jasper Makeever, of near Mt. Ayr, was a Rensselaer visitor over night. iMrs. Dan Morrissey and baby are spending today at Surrey. Dr. J. C. McGinnis, of Aurora, IIL, was a guest Sunday of Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Turfler. Special reduction on buggies sold before March 1, 1915.—Hamilton & Kellner. Mrs. Simon Fendig was down from Wheatfield over night visiting Miss Rebecca Fendig.

The seniors will give their reception to the juniors at the K. of P. dance hall Wednesday evening and a splendid time is in anticipation for the two classes.

Miss Loretta Putts returned to Chicago yesterday to resume her training course as a nurse at St. Mary’s hospital after spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Putts.

The body of (Mrs. Minerva H pkins arrived from Park Falls, Wis., this afternoon at 2:01 o’clock and the funeral is being held at the Christian church, being conducted by Rev. G. W. Titus.

Will Babcock and Edson Murray have returned to IMadison after spending a week between semesters at home. Ed Parkison and Gerald Hollingsworth, of Purdue, were over Sunday visitors home.

O. C. Halstead, accompanied by Joe Jeffries, will go "to Chicago in the morning to bring his mother, Mrs. Halstead, home from the hospital. She has been taking treatment there and is understood to be somewhat improved. |.

Walter Seegrist, a graduate of our high school in 1909, was down from his home in Kankakee township today. He reports his grandmother, the widow of Hon. I. D. Dunn, as not feeling very well this winter. She 1s almost 82 years of age.

Tom Taggart has issued a statement giving his approval of the passenger rate increase. He says that the 2V 2 cent rate is only justice to'the roads.

[Representative Feick advocates teaching the reduction Of the high cost of living in the public schools. One good way to reduce the high cost of living would be to devise a means of keeping such freaks as Feick out of the legislature.

John Eberhardt, of Indianapolis, was sued by his wife for non-sup-port. He had $l5O in the bank. He said he had saved it during a republican administration, to last him through a democratic administration and was trying to make it last two years more.

The Indianapolis postoffice is now taking the names of men out of jobs in accordance with the plan of President Wilson to establish a government employment bureau. There wiM doubtless be numerous applicants but few will secure places.

Mrs. Mallie Steele Yoliva, wife of Wilbur Glenn Voliva, general overseer of the church founded at Zion City, 111. by John Alexander Dowie, died Friday after an illness of six weeks. She was 44 years old. Her ailment was diagnosed as acute gastritis.